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Definition of Gasconader
1. n. A great boaster; a blusterer.
Definition of Gasconader
1. Noun. A great boaster; a blusterer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gasconader
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasconader
Literary usage of Gasconader
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1826)
"... them the most insulting imputations, both on the researches and the intellects
of his readers;' he is 'a gasconader,' utters ' calumnies,' makes ' vain ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"The old gatekeeper, whose favourite study of mankind was man, had arrived at a
just estimate of the gasconader, and answered with imperturbable gravity, ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"... such a romance as this was not thought worth serious refutation, as coming
from so amusing and notorious a gasconader — an uncomplimentary appreciation ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"... seem to be a mere gasconader ; the man of genius (as Euripides) a dealer in
rhythmical jingles; the possessor of the highest wisdom and most unsullied ..."
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